Secret doctors ethnomedicine of African Americans
Title:
Secret doctors ethnomedicine of African Americans
Author:
Fontenot, Wonda L.
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9780313064845
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Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 1994.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxvi, 162 p.) : ill., maps.
General Note:
"This book ... began as my dissertation"--Pref. and acknowledgements.
Contents:
Historic and contemporary Opelousas Territory -- African Americans and medicine: a historical perspective -- Secret doctors tell their stories -- Madame Neau and ethnopsychiatry -- African-American women and health care -- Religion, prayer narratives, and healing -- Ritual artifacts -- Medical ethnobotany of African Americans.
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Electronic Access:
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